Mr. Davis was a prolific artist, drawing posters for movies like “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and “The Long Goodbye,” as well as record album covers. Mr. Davis was a member of the “Usual Gang of Idiots,” the nickname for the crew that put out the magazine. PhotoGary Groth, president of Fantagraphics Books, publisher of “Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture — A Career Retrospective,” said Mr. Davis was known for his speed. The cause was complications of a stroke, his son, Jack Davis III, said. “There wasn’t anything Jack couldn’t do,” Mad’s editor, John Ficarra, said in a statement on the magazine’s website.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2016 16:08 UTC